Joint Modelling of Survival and Emergency Medical Care Usage in Spanish Insureds Aged 65+.

BACKGROUND:We study the longevity and medical resource usage of a large sample of insureds aged 65 years or older drawn from a large health insurance dataset. Yearly counts of each subject's emergency room and ambulance service use and hospital admissions are made. Occurrence of mortality is al...

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Main Authors: Xavier Piulachs, Ramon Alemany, Montserrat Guillen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4830517?pdf=render